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inane UNlTED STATES PATENT OFFI'CE.,I

KENNETH zr. TOBIN, AXEL wasnnne, AND GABRIEL rianmmn, or CHICAGO, rumors,

ASSIGNORS TO CAMEIL COMPANY, OF

ILLINOIS.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CGBPORATION OF HOUSE OAR.

. j Application filed May 26,

This invention relates to a house car for railroads having a sliding door and concerns itself primarily with -cooperating means between the door andcar for causing said door to move outwardly clear of the side out the car and substantially parallel thereto when the same is opened. This feature of construction prevents scraping between the I door and side of the car, eliminates injuryto the parts and makes it easier to operate Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional View taken upon theline HI -TIT of Figure l.

Figures 4:, 5 and 6 are views similar to Figure 3 illustrating modified forms of tracks that may be used.

Figure 7 is a view similar to Figure 3 illustrating a modification in which the indenture on the door is in reversed form.

Figure 8 is an enlarged broken sectional view taken on the line VIII-VITT of Figure 1.

Figure 9 is a view similar to Figure 8 but showing the door in partly open position.

As shown on the drawings:

In order to illustrate and explain this in vention, there is shown a portion of a house car 1 having a sliding door 2 for clos ng the doorway thereof. At one margin oi? the doorway, there is a supporting track 3 which in the present instance is shown adjacent the lower margin of the doorway. The sliding door 2 is sustained upon said track by suit able rollers 4 supported in. roller housings 4. on the door.

The door is guided upon the track 3 by an upper guide 5 and a lowerguide 6 (Figure 3). The upper guide 5 preferably consists of an angular, member having :1 depending 192?. Serial as. 194,266

which extends into a pair of narrow guide channels 7 at the upper margin ot'the door. The lower guide 6 is preferably a vertical flange formed integrally with the track 3 as shownin Figure 3 and which extends into guideways 8 formed between the lower portion of the door properand the inner wall 9 of the roller housings it The cooperating means between the door and car for the purpose ot moving the door outwardly and free of the side of the car when the same is opened as shown inFigure 9 may assume various terms, The preferred torim however, consists of a pair of spaced indentures 10 upon the upper guide 5 as shown in Figure 2 and pair ofspaced indentures 11 on the lower guide 6 incom bination with suitable indenture means l2 extending from the sidewalls 90f the roller housii The indenture means i2 are shown as consisting of inwardly extendingiconvex projections or humps'which are designed to enter the i ndenturcs 11. The front indenture 10 is preterablyin vertical alinement with in-dentures in the guides 5 andfi are so located as to receive the indenture means 12 and guide channels 7 when the door is closed.

it will. be noted that the upper guide channels, 7 on the door are sufficiently narrow to enter the indentures 10. The lower margin of the door in the preferred form is in 'wardly oii set as indicatedat 13 except at the pointsll which are directly opposite the convex indentlu'es or humps 12. This offset- 13 allows for the outward movement of the door as shown in Figure Q.

The front edge of the door is provided with an angular weather strip 15 which engages under the angular weather strip 16 on the door jamb. The rear end of the door has an angular weather strip 17 that cooperates with the angular weather strip 18 on the rear door post. The front indentures in the upper and lower guides are so designed that they will guide the front weather strip 15 under the outer flange of the weather strip 16 as shown in Figure 8.

fian e 5 as shown more clcarl in Fi ure 2 4" are the same as in the Jreiferred form.

r: p y m i The only difference exists in the supporting track for the door. In Figure 4 the track 3 has the guide flange 6, but said track is provided with a depending rim 19 for shedding the weather. In Figure 5, the track 3 has a depending flange 20, spaced inwardly from the outer edge of the track. In Figure 6 the track 8 has a channel formation below the guide flange 6.

In Figure 7 there is shown a track 3 having the vertical guide flange 6, and a depending flange 21 which rests upon a shoulder 22 of the supporting bracket 23. It might be mentioned that these various forms of tracks are usually supported upon suitable brackets extending from the side sill 2d of the car.

In Figure 7 the door 2 does not have its lower margin inwardly offset as in the preferred form. This lower margin, however, has outwardly extending indentures 25 opposite the convex humps 12 on the inner wall 9 of the roller housing. It will be obvious that these 'indentures consisting of the parts 25 and 6 will cause the door to move outwardly when the same is opened. be understood that the term indenture is broadly used to include not only the identures 10 on the upper and lower guides, but also those parts on the door, for example the parts 12 and 25 that cooperate therewith.

When the door is in its closed position, the guide channels 7 and the indenture means onthe door are in the indentures of the guides as shown in Figure 8. Now when the door is opened, the indenture means 12 and the guide channels 7 will slide or move out of the indentures and force the doorto move outwardly free of the side of the car i It should ings, it will not scrape or injure the side ofthe car. At the same time, any binding of the door will be eliminated. I I

' We are aware that'many changes may be made, and numerous details of construction may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invensaid door, each guide having spaced indentures and said door having means adapted for entering said indentures when said door is olosed, said means riding out of said indentures and moving the door outwardly when the same is opened,

2. In a house car having a doorway, a

track havinga vertical flange adjacent one marg n of the doorway, a guide upon the opposite margin of the doorway, a sliding door on said track and guided by said guide,

said flange and guide having spaced indentures, and said door having means entering said indentures when the same isclosed.

8. In a house car having a doorway, a

track adjacent one'margin of the doorway,

a sliding'door on said track, a guide for the door adjacent said traclnvsaid door and guide having spaced indentures adapted for causing the door to move outwardly when.

the same is opened.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names.

KENNETH J. TOBIN.

AXEL WASBERG. GABRIEL MADLAND. 

